LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 148, 8 June 1936, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

Land Board Appointee. A Gazette notice bearing tho date Juno 2 states that the Governor-Gen-eral, Lord Galway, has appointed Mr. David. Eddy the Hawke’s Bay Land Board district for a term of .wo years. The appointment dated from June 1, Paid to Drink Milk. Tho case of children who could get plenty of milk, but who refused to drink it, was mentioned at a meeting ot the Taranaki School Committees’ Association at New Plymouth. A member quoted the case of one country woman whoso son obstinately refused to drink milk until she paid him one shilling a week as compensation. Headlight Tost. When tho Automobile Association (Hawke’s Bay) holds its monthly meeting at Napier this week, members will be asked to decide which date tho headlight and brake tests shall bo conducted by an officer of tho association. As there are over 2d(;O members, it is likely that these tests will take approximately three weeks of tho patrol officer’s time. English Mail. The Royal Mail liner Aorangi arrived at Auckland from Vancouver last, evening with 1891 bags of English and American mail for New Zealand, and tho Monowai will arrive from Sydney this afternoon with Australian mail, and probably an Empire air mail. In addition tho Mariposa is due troni Los Angeles on Friday with 876 bags of English and American mail. No Rush for Work, The failure of men on relief or in receipt of sustenance to take advantage of opportunities to secure other employment was again demonstrated last week, when a local body in a country district close to Auckland called tenders for the cleaning of two acres of gorse in the centre of tho district. Although there are nearly 20 men in tho area in receipt of assistance from the Unemployment Fund, only one tender was received.

Military Training Urged. The lack of military training in New Zealand was deplored by Colonel C. R. Bpragg when speaking at tho annual reunion of Auckland South African War veterans. “Tho country must prepare for recruiting for what unfortunately appears tiro inevitable,” said Colonel Spragg. “Tho Government is anxious, but it will do tho light thing, it will take its orders from Whitehall as its predecessors did. Wo will again pay for our lack of training witn tho blood of our troops, who iu this instance will be our sous-”

How Not to Drive. The need for drivers to give the turning signal before tho turn is made, instead of as it begins, was illustrated in town this morning when a cardriver narrowly missed knocking down a cyclist. The cyclist had ridden alongside a car and had reached a point that brought him about three or four feet behind the driver. At that moment the driver began a turn to the right, and simultaneously put out his hand to signal the turn. “Look out” called the cyclist, who turned sharply and avoided by inches being knocked over.